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Perhaps nick is trying to open mrs chathams mind about the uses of the dictionary and to show that what hes trying to do by using the word frindle is not meant simply to annoy his teacher it is a creative experiment in language imagine that you are the reporter from the wakefield gazette trying to get the scoop on the new word frindle. After learning about the origins of words he decides to change the word pen to frindle at first it seems like a harmless prank a way to annoy his dictionary obsessed teacher then the whole class starts using the new word and the joke spreads across town like wildfire suddenly nick finds himself in the middle of a media frenzy over . After learning about the origins of words he decides to change the word pen to frindle at first it seems like a harmless prank a way to annoy his dictionary obsessed teacher then the whole class starts using the new word and the joke spreads across town like wildfire. Scholastic book clubs is the best possible partner to help you get excellent childrens books into the hands of every child to help them become successful lifelong readers and discover the joy and power of good books. Frindle by andrew clements teachers introduction frindle is a book in the realistic fiction genre it is a book about kids just like you and has familiar settings like home and school andrew clements often writes books about the lives of ordinary kids even though the events in this books did not happen